Broadcaster Hook granted judgment against Tribune Newspapers

Broadcaster George Hook has been granted judgment against Tribune Newspapers in his €38,000 damages claim for defamation of character in a Sunday Tribune article published in October last year.

Barrister Conor Feeney, counsel for Hook, the 69-year-old presenter of Newstalk’s ‘The Right Hook’, told the County Registrar’s Court today that judgment was sought because Tribune Newspapers had failed to enter any defence to his claim.